Our People = Our Talent

Our studio brings together an experienced and diverse team of landscape architects, urban designers, and planners who embody the design process as a space of collaboration: engaging in frank and open dialogue, collaborating with other professionals and affected citizens, and melding established thought with ground-breaking research. This thoughtful approach fosters a dynamic of consensus, empowering our team to make informed decisions, to meet the needs of today, and anticipate those of tomorrow.

We share a united commitment to ensure our designs recognize the multitude of uses that can co-exist, as people live, work, play, and celebrate in the natural world. Our team believes balance in the landscape will inspire balance in the self. And our legacy will be to help ensure that it does.

Jeff Lee, FASLA / President + Principal

As the founding principal of Lee and Associates, Jeff Lee holds primary responsibilities in all phases of landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. His prominent project work includes cities, public plazas, memorials, master plans, open space systems, communities, resort and recreational development, campuses, and waterfront development. A graduate of The University of Virginia (UVA) School of Architecture (A-School), Jeff is a member of The Dean’s Forum and an Advisory Board Member for The A-School at UVA. He also services on the Board of Managers of the UVA Alumni Association and The Jefferson Scholars.

Bang Shon, RLA, ASLA / Senior Associate

Bang is a Senior Associate of fifteen years with Lee and Associates. Her educational background includes studies in landscape architecture theory, design, and urban design with master degrees from University of Pennsylvania and Seoul National University. She has participated as both a designer and planner in land planning, landscape architecture, and urban design projects through all phases, and is currently managing several projects in construction administration. Her international design experience spans from Mecca, Saudi Arabia to the UAE, and Korea.

Rhonda Dahlkemper, RLA, ASLA / Senior Associate

Rhonda Dahlkemper is a Senior Associate and Project Manager with Lee and Associates. A Pennsylvania State University graduate, Rhonda earned a degree in Landscape Architecture with honors. For almost ten years at the firm, she has brought professional experience and a site-sensitive creative design approach to each project of varying type, size, and scale; designing for large scale corporate or government facilities to intimate healing gardens. She brings an extensive knowledge of the public planning processes, and has led projects through all phases of the design process, collaborating on site analysis, concept development, construction documentation and design implementation.

Adrienne McCray, RLA, ASLA / Senior Associate

Adrienne is a Senior Associate with Lee and Associates, providing ten years of dedication to the firm as a Project Manager, designer, and planner in landscape architecture projects. Her educational background includes studies in landscape architecture, art and art history with a masters degree from Morgan State University and undergraduate degree at The Pennsylvania State University. With a decade of design experience behind her, she also brings a passion for community, serving as a mentor for numerous local High School and College career outreach programs, and performing neighborhood design and consulting services for numerous DC spaces—including the Old Market Square Park, Urban Oasis Community Farm, and the Kingman Island rehabilitation project. Adrienne is also among a group of 20 landscape architects who collaborated with the American Society of Landscape Architects to develop “The Landscape Architect’s Guide to Washington, DC."

Benjamin Tauber, RLA, LEED Green, ASLA / Senior Associate

Ben is an Associate with Lee and Associates. With ten years of professional experience, he holds a Master’s Degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Virginia, has practiced in both Washington, DC and Tel Aviv, and served as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland teaching landscape architecture theory. During his six years at the firm, he has been involved in residential, commercial, and government sector projects and has experience working in all phases of design, from master planning through construction documents and construction administration.

When working on any project, Ben brings an attention to the local context, the unique demands of urban spaces, and the social impact of design. Recent design and project management roles have involved projects with sustainable, LEED certified, and low impact development storm water design including City Center DC, The Wharf, City Market at O, and the LID Standards & Guidelines for the DC Department of Transportation.